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NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Florida

By |2025-04-08T11:29:00-04:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot Nichole Ayers.Credit: SpaceX Students from Dade City, Florida, will have the chance to connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions from aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 11, on [...]

Eclipses, Science, NASA Firsts: Heliophysics Big Year Highlights 

By |2025-04-08T11:27:00-04:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

7 min read Eclipses, Science, NASA Firsts: Heliophysics Big Year Highlights  One year ago today, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States. The event was a cornerstone moment in the Heliophysics Big Year, a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. From October 2023 to December [...]

Meet Alex Olley: Air Force Veteran Powering the Space Station 

By |2025-04-08T10:48:00-04:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

As an Air Force veteran from Spartanburg, South Carolina, Alex Olley now serves as a contract specialist in the International Space Station Procurement Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.   Olley joined NASA as a Pathways intern in January 2023 to turn his lifelong goal into a reality—bringing his unique experience in the defense [...]

NASA to Kick Off 31st Annual Rover Competition

By |2025-04-08T09:30:00-04:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Students from Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo” compete during NASA’s 2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The 2025 competition takes place Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, 2025, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Aviation Challenge course in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA NASA’s annual Human Exploration [...]

NASA Welcomes Bangladesh as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

By |2025-04-08T08:17:00-04:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

On April 8, 2025, Bangladesh became the 54th nation to sign the accords. The commitments of the Artemis Accords and efforts by the signatories to advance implementation of these principles support the safe and sustainable exploration of space.NASA Following a signing ceremony Tuesday in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, NASA congratulates Bangladesh as the 54th [...]

NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station

By |2025-04-08T05:19:00-04:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, arrived [...]

Caroline Cawthon: Supporting America’s Future in Low Earth Orbit 

By |2025-04-07T16:22:00-04:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Since joining NASA in 2017 as a contractor supporting the International Space Station, Caroline Cawthon has held many roles supporting real-time operations as a certified flight controller, team lead, and lead systems engineer.   Caroline Cawthon’s official NASA portrait. NASA is one of the biggest most impressive networks of engineering, science, and space program expertise in [...]

NASA Selects Goddard Safety and Mission Assurance Contractor

By |2025-04-07T16:16:00-04:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has selected ARES Technical Services of McLean, Virginia, to provide safety and mission assurance services at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Safety and Mission Assurance Services III contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an estimated total value of $226 million. The contract [...]

NASA Tech Developed for Home Health Monitoring  

By |2025-04-07T16:12:00-04:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA uses radio frequency (RF) for a variety of tasks in space, including communications. The Europa Clipper RF panel — the box with the copper wiring near the top — will send data carried by radio waves through the spacecraft between the electronics and eight antennas. Credit: NASA [...]

Sols 4502-4504: Sneaking Past Devil’s Gate

By |2025-04-07T15:33:00-04:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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